Is an Article in a Top Journal a Top Article?

Stanley D. Smith

Financial Management, 2004, vol. 33, issue 4

Abstract: This study ranks 15 leading finance journals by the average number of Social Sciences Citation Index cites per articles for articles published in 1996. It also defines a “top article,” compared to an “article in a top journal.” Using different criteria for top articles, I examine the Type I error (a “top” article is rejected by a particular decision rule, e.g., in top three journals) and the Type II error (a “non-top” article is accepted as a top article) for each journal and combinations of the journals. Due to the high error rates, the results suggest that identifying top articles requires looking beyond the Top 3 journals, as well as examining each article more carefully for its intrinsic quality.

Date: 2004
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (27)

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:fma:fmanag:smith04

Access Statistics for this article

Financial Management is currently edited by Bill Christie

More articles in Financial Management from Financial Management Association University of South Florida 4202 E. Fowler Ave. COBA #3331 Tampa, FL 33620. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Courtney Connors ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).